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Alleluia! Sing To Jesus
"Alleluia! Sing to Jesus" is a Christian hymn by William Chatterton Dix. Dix wrote the hymn as a Eucharistic hymn for Ascension Sunday. It is also commonly sung as an Easter hymn. It was originally titled "Redemption through the Precious Blood" and is based on . Dix felt Church of England hymnals lacked sufficient Eucharistic hymns. Melody It is most commonly sung to " Hyfrydol" by Rowland Prichard though Samuel Sebastian Wesley Samuel Sebastian Wesley (14 August 1810 – 19 April 1876) was an English organ (music), organist and composer. Wesley married Mary Anne Merewether and had 6 children. He is often referred to as S.S. Wesley to avoid confusion with his father Sa ... composed the tune "Alleluia" specifically for it in 1868. Lyrics References {{Hymns and songs for Easter English Christian hymns 1866 songs 19th-century hymns Easter hymns Songs about Jesus Songs written by William Chatterton Dix Hymns in The English Hymnal Hymns in The New English Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' derives from Greek language, Greek (''hymnos''), which means "a song of praise". A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist. The singing or composition of hymns is called hymnody. Collections of hymns are known as hymnals or hymn books. Hymns may or may not include instrumental accompaniment. Polyhymnia is the Greco/Roman goddess of hymns. Although most familiar to speakers of English in the context of Christianity, hymns are also a fixture of other major religious groups, world religions, especially on the Indian subcontinent (''stotras''). Hymns also survive from antiquity, especially from Egyptian and Greek cultures. Some of the oldest surviving examples of notated music are hymns with Greek texts. Origins Ancient Eastern hymns include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chatterton Dix
William Chatterton Dix (14 June 1837 – 9 September 1898) was an English writer of hymns and Carol (music), carols. He was born in Bristol, the son of John Ross Dix, John Dix, a local surgeon, who wrote ''The Life of Chatterton'' the poet, a book of ''Pen Pictures of Popular English Preachers'' and other works.James Moffatt, ''Handbook to the Church Hymnary'', Oxford University Press, 1927 His father gave him his middle name in honour of Thomas Chatterton, a poet about whom he had written a biography. He was educated at the Grammar School, Bristol, for a mercantile career, and became manager of a maritime insurance company in Glasgow where he spent most of his life.James Moffatt, ''Handbook to the Church Hymnary'', Oxford University Press, 1927, p. 318 His original hymns are found in most modern hymn-books. He wrote also felicitous renderings in metrical form of Richard Frederick Littledale's translations from the Greek in his ''Offices of the Holy Eastern Church''; and of John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyfrydol
Hyfrydol (, meaning "delightful, agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, beautiful, fair, fine; sweet, melodious") is a Wales, Welsh hymn tune that has been used as the tune for many different Christianity, Christian hymns. Composed in 1844 by Rowland Prichard, it was originally published in the composer's handbook to the Welsh children's songbook ("The Singers' Friend"). Prichard composed the tune before he was twenty years old. Metre and arrangement Hyfrydol has a metre (hymn), metre of 8.7.8.7.D (alternating lines of eight and seven syllables, usually in trochee, trochaic feet, other examples of which include Blaenwern and Abbots Leigh). The best-known arrangement is probably that by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which he originally produced for his revision of the ''English Hymnal''; Vaughan Williams also composed some variations on this theme and it plays an important role as the third of his Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes (1920) for brass band. In addition to its use as a hymn tune, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
